The mighty walls of the Fortezza Orsini dating back to medieval time line the road which leads to the Piazza della Repubblica from where you can enter the Fortress.
Nowadays it accommodates the Church Museum of Sacred Art and the Museo Civico Archeaologico where Etruscan remains are exhibited.
Inside the castle is an elegant courtyard with a hexagonal well showing the coat of arms of the noble family Orsini on all its 6 sides. The symbols of the noble family were the bear, roses and diagonal rods.
The Lion, a symbol of the Aldobrandeschi was assimilated later by the Orsini. Nowadays the "Leone" at the bottom of the driveway to the castle is a popular meeting point of the young people of Pitigliano at night.
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